The assessment of cold chain is carried out with
primary objective of reviewing the cold chain strength (total
inventory of cold chain equipment, operational status) and factors
that affect the performance of these equipments. A comprehensive
national assessment was carried out in year 2008 and earlier
similar assessments were done in the states of Jharkhand and
Chhattisgarh. The detailed reports of these assessments can be
downloaded from link below.

Vaccine management assessment is carried out with
two primary objectives of evaluating the strengths and practices of
vaccine management & cold chain and at the same time utilize
the opportunity of training the staff in best vaccine management
practices. Download the detailed note to learn more about VMA from
here.

VMA was typically carried out using the tool
called VMAT (Vaccine Management Assessment Tool) developed by WHO.
This tool was revised later and the latest tool called EVM
(Effective Management Assessment) is now used for carrying out the
assessments.

The detailed reports of VMAT and EVM conducted
across several states can be downloaded from link below. The
summary of these assessments have been compiled together and you
can download this summary sheet in form of fact sheet from
here.

The vaccine requirement estimates always
includes wastage factor which is based on prevailing rates of
vaccine wastage in the country. Though the wastage is not entirely
preventable, there are several interventions that can reduce the
wastage of vaccine. A study on vaccine wastage was carried out by
GOI and UNICEF in 2009 to review the prevailing wastage rates of
vaccine in the country and recommend the measures to reduce the
wastage. Download the copy of report from here.

A study on alternate vaccine delivery was
carried out by MoHFW- Orissa with objectives to assess the status
of the existing alternate vaccine delivery system and document best
practices and lessons learnt to guide state policy and plans for
improving timely delivery of quality vaccine at the session site
enabling the health workers to spend adequate time for vaccination
and counseling. Also to identify various options of alternate
mechanism of vaccine delivery to the immunization session site with
costing. Download the report from here

UNICEF had supplied 13 cold rooms across states in
the country to strengthen the supply chain of UIP . A detailed
assessment was carried out to review the site preparedness for
installation of cold rooms. This report provides the guidelines on
requirements for installation of cold rooms and preparedness of
site towards the installation. Download the copy of report
from here

Performance Needs Assessment (PNA) is a tool which
uses various approaches to identify performance gaps in a health
system in order to determine the best interventions to improve
performance. A PNA was conducted with objectives of identifing the
gaps in performance of basic health care workers in providing
immunization services (including the training needs) so as to plan
for interventions to improve the performance in India across 8
states covering 40 districts during 14 to 30 October 2005. Download
the copy of report from here

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